Liberty Brewing Company Reviews

hawthorne00	2.4 Liberty Orange Sachet Sour Can. Unclear orange with no head. Doesn't smell quite like Tang - maybe a little bit of wheat cracker too. Moderately sour with lots of orange. Refreshing for a couple of mouthfuls but a whole can is a lot. Thursday, March 7, 2024
kor_	3.5 Liberty Rumble in the Jungle 약간..아쉬운 맛 색과 향은 너무 좋다만 뭔가 맛이 떨어져있다 취해서 이정도로밖에 못함 먄 Saturday, February 24, 2024
kor_	4.2 Liberty Oh Bro Pale Ale 특이한 시트러스 느낌의 향과 다르게 맛은 드라이한편 근데 그 갭이 너무 매력적이다 이거 물건이다 Saturday, February 24, 2024
TrappistRates36	3.7 Liberty Rumble in the Jungle $ 10 for 280 ml cup at Great Kiwi Beer Festival , Hagley Park , Chch : Apricot-yellow hazy , medium head of tight packed bubbles ... mild malty aroma , oily ... very bitter , good oily / resiny taste . Saturday, January 27, 2024
TrappistRates36	3.7 Liberty Yakima Monster $ 10 for 280 ml cup at GKBF , Hagley Park , beer festival : Amber beer ... big hops aroma ... delicious brew on a 30°c sunny Saturday . Saturday, January 27, 2024
TrappistRates36	3.8 Liberty Knife Party IPA $ 10 for 280 ml cup at GKBF in Hagley Park , Chch : Amber beer , clear , nice head ... oily resiny big US hops aroma ... rich double hopped big beer : Joy in the tent with the Liberty team . Saturday, January 27, 2024
hawthorne00	3.9 Liberty Prohibition Porter 2022 version is 12%. Apparently NZ had some close calls with prohibition - didn't know that. Bottle from their Melbourne taproom. Black, fading brown head retreat to the rim but then perseveres. Big mocha and Bourbon aroma with blackberry reduction, vanilla. Silky, medium low carbonation. Very rich with lots of of chocolate and berries, less but still lots of roast, some pine, firm bitterness. Very good but perhaps a bit suffocating. Monday, January 15, 2024
joe19612	3.5 Liberty Oh Bro Pale Ale Can. Pours a clear dark gold colour with a tight white head, plenty of hops and fruit and hints of biscuit in the aroma, the taste is medium bitterness with a dry bitter finish. Wednesday, December 27, 2023
TrappistRates36	3.7 Liberty Darkest Days Oatmeal Stout Litre refill , $ 20 at Good Drop , Rangiora : Inky black brew , medium head , tan coloured froth... nice toasty/espresso aroma ... burnt toasty malt flavour , quite bitter , dry , astringently sour/puckering , espresso taste . Tuesday, December 19, 2023
kor_	3.9 Liberty Knife Party IPA 꽤 괜찮은 IPA 부즈도 없고 청량하면서도 묵직하다 Saturday, September 9, 2023
N19Robin	3.9 Liberty Knife Party IPA Friday, August 25, 2023
hawthorne00	3.7 Liberty Juice Bro! Can from their Melbourne taphouse. Moderately hazy orange with a fluffy white head that settles to a cm or so. 3+ Aroma of pineapple, mandarin, some Meyer lemon. Softish texture and initially juicy but with a firmly bitter finish. Nice one. Monday, August 7, 2023
hawthorne00	3.7 Liberty Jungle Juice Can from their Melbourne Taproom (now _that's_ an interesting development). Fairly hazy orange with a good inch of white head. Loads of passionfruit in the aroma with pineapple and oranges, crackers. Very sweet with lots of breakfast juice-like fruit before bitterness struggles to charge through at the end. I would have traded a little of the fruit for a bit drier and bitterer end but it's good stuff. Saturday, August 5, 2023
nickd717	3.8 Liberty Prohibition Porter Bottle '22 pours darkest brown with a small tan head. Aroma is rich deep chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, coffee. Flavor is medium plus sweet chocolate raisin bourbon, light bitter, somewhat boozy. Full AF body, very smooth but intense and not so moreish. A very large beer. Wednesday, August 2, 2023
nickd717	3.5 Liberty Invictus Nectaron (2021-) Can pours hazy golden with a white head. Nectarine peach grapefruit and earth aroma. Flavor is medium sweet, citrus peachy earthy, medium-light bitter. Medium body. Pretty good. Wednesday, August 2, 2023
jmgreenuk	3.6 Liberty Juice Bro! 330ml can at School of Animals, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a hazy golden orange colour with a big, lasting, frothy white head. The aroma is grainy malt, big orange tangerine citrus. The flavour is moderate bitter and sweet, with a crisp, fresh, juicy, light tart tangerine, light floral woody hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Juicy indeed! Saturday, February 11, 2023
jmgreenuk	3.4 Liberty Divine Wind 330ml can from School of Animals, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a clear yellow golden blonde colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is malt, lager yeast, light citrus. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a somewhat light, smooth, malt, yeasty, light melon mango, light woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation. One of the few lagers that I could drink regularly. A little light on the bitterness, but those subtle fruit flavours and smooth finish make Divine Wind very easy to drink. Saturday, February 11, 2023
jmgreenuk	3.6 Liberty Knife Party IPA 330ml can from School of Animals, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a slightly hazy light amber colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is grainy biscuit malt, light citrus fruits. The flavour is moderate sweet and bitter, with a smooth, rich, gluey malt, juicy tropical citrus fruit, woody hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation. Nicely balanced. Fine for a short session! Really doesn’t taste like 7% at all. Saturday, February 11, 2023
jmgreenuk	3.6 Liberty Jungle Juice 330ml can at School of Animals, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a hazy golden orange colour with a short-lived, frothy white head. The aroma is malt, passionfruit mango citrus. The flavour is moderate sweet and bitter, with a crisp, fresh, malt, light biscuit, light tart tropical citrus, light floral, woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Saturday, February 11, 2023
jmgreenuk	3.8 Liberty Darkest Days Oatmeal Stout 440ml can at School of Animals, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a clear almost black colour with a mostly lasting frothy tan head. The aroma is roasty malt, grainy, bready. The flavour is moderate sweet and liqourice bitter, with a smooth, rich, roasty, liqourice, light floral, dark chocolate, liqourice bitter palate. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation. Saturday, December 17, 2022
jmgreenuk	3.8 Liberty Citra Double IPA 440ml can at School of Animals, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a slightly hazy medium amber colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is grainy malt, citrus fruits, light alcohol. The flavour is over moderate bitter, light sweet, with a crisp, malt, big juicy lemon citrus, herbal liqourice, light floral, big warm, slightly boozy, woody hop bitter palate. Over medium bodied with average carbonation. Saturday, December 17, 2022
mrmom	4.4 Liberty Prohibition Porter Dark black with a thin brown head. Cake, caramel, vanilla, fruits and raisins. Strong bourbon notes in the nose and in the aftertaste. Wednesday, December 14, 2022
jmgreenuk	3.5 Liberty Oh Bro Pale Ale 330ml can from School of Animals, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a mostly clear medium amber colour with a frothy white head. The aroma is toffee caramel malt. The flavour is moderate bitter, light sweet, with a crisp, sweet caramel, herbal, light citrus, woody hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Saturday, December 10, 2022
IrishBoy	3.8 Liberty Darkest Days Oatmeal Stout Pint at Portsider in Port Chalmers. Hoppy oatmeal stout, nose is roasty coffee with light chocolate. Black with a medium, heavy lacing tan head. Flavor is like 90% dark chocolate, lots of bitter with only a light bit of sweetness. Good thing I love chocolate above 60%! Saturday, October 29, 2022
Samtzu	3 Liberty Firestarter 440ml can. Pours a bright gold with small amounts of white head. Mild malty nose with hints of biscuit and pine. Medium body with an efflorescent carbonation. A huge aggressive forward which has restrained acidity. A soft malt start which has intense hop bitterness and I would almost say hop burn. Pine, grass, hints of green matter and muted white fruits. Monday, September 26, 2022
aleswellthatends	5 Liberty Citra Double IPA Outstanding Saturday, August 6, 2022
mountdad	4.4 Liberty Raspberry Roller 440ml can. Pours a pinky pale orange with a hint of white head. Aroma of berries, ice cream & mild sour beer. Beer is medium bodied with a full, smooth mouth feel. The raspberry flavour is good, no fake flavour & the lactose gives a nice creamy texture. Mild vanilla finish. Good balance between the sweetness & sour. One of the best milkshake sours I have had. Thursday, June 30, 2022
Samtzu	3.4 Liberty Raspberry Roller 440ml can. Pours an orange/pink with no head. Mild nose with hints of zest, citrus, raspberry, and sweetness. Medium to full body with light carbonation. Mild raspberry at the front with subtle zest, citrus, sweetness, and hints of vanilla. Wednesday, March 23, 2022
StuffWine	4.3 Liberty Citra Double IPA Poured a hazy radiant amber with dense slightly yellow head that lasted very well. Aroma sweet of mixed citrus, passion fruit, grapefruit, slight note of rind. Where the aroma is approachable, taste is a mountainous in scale. An incredible strength of flavour perfectly balances the three elements; sweet predominates then moving to a balance of sour and bitter, with none overpowering the other... all rounded out by big alcohol. I can feel the chest hairs growing. Heavy body, full mouthfeel, finish has no end. This brew so glorious I may have to start believing in the devine. Sunday, November 21, 2021
RonDempsey	4.4 Liberty Knife Party IPA Great beer always reliable Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Samtzu	3 Liberty Juice Bro! Tap pou. Pours a light yellow with strong pillowy white head. Strong pineapple nose with hints of other tropical fruits. Medium to light body with low tropical fruits and pineapple as the dominant note. A rather watery overall feel. Wednesday, July 14, 2021
thomas697	4 Liberty Hoptical Illusion XXPA Saturday, July 3, 2021
thomas697	4.2 Liberty Citra Double IPA Thursday, July 1, 2021
nickd717	3.7 Liberty Yakima Monster Draft at 16 Tun in Auckland. Clear bright copper with a lacy white head. Aroma is biscuit, pine, grapefruit. Lightly sweet and medium bitter, biscuit malt with pine grapefruit and resin. Medium body, very crisp. Very good. Wednesday, June 16, 2021
nickd717	3.8 Liberty Halo Pilsner Draft at 16 Tun in Auckland. Clear golden with a small white head. Aroma is bright fruit, pineapple feijoa and pear. Crisp pineapple and stone fruit flavor, fairly dry and crisp. Lighter feel. Very nice. Wednesday, June 16, 2021
thebionn	4.1 Liberty Invictus (2019 - Riwaka & Nelson Sauvin) Fresh hoppy hazy, big frothy head that lingers. Fruity flavours but with a little bitter aftertaste. Another good brew from Liberty Sunday, May 16, 2021
bedti	3.3 Liberty Oh Bro Pale Ale Saturday, May 8, 2021
mountdad	2.7 Liberty Darkest Days Oatmeal Stout 500ml bottle. Pours a deep black with minimal tan head that does not last. Aroma is dark or burnt malt. Medium body this has none of the smoothness of an oatmeal stout & despite the label saying this is not about the hops, the bitterness from the hops is ever present here. For me this is not balanced so I am with Pdubyah on this stout. Good, if you like a fair dollop of bitter in your oatmeal stout. Not my pick of the stouts. Thursday, April 8, 2021
KeefOz	3.3 Liberty No Regerts BB 11/12/2021. from a can poured a clouded yellow-amber (looks like pineapple juice) with 2cm of white open foam that retained very well and laced well. Carbonation high, lively and fine to medium. Aroma subtly and softly of tropical fruits (pineapple). Taste is slight mixed tropical fruits; juicy; low to moderate bitterness. Light to medium body. Smooth, crisp, clean and slightly dry with a medium-length finish. Saturday, March 13, 2021
hawthorne00	3.7 Liberty No Regerts Can. Opaque orange with a towering white head. Unusual citrus aroma - pink grapefruit but pithy and earthy- lighter tropical bubblegum, crackers, A bit too fizzy. Fruity but dryish with some spice and resin towards a finish that’s both a little bitter and astringent. As it sometimes goes, hop aromatics appeal more in the aroma but don’t sit so comfortably once you start drinking. But good. Saturday, February 27, 2021
mountdad	1.8 Liberty Halo Pilsner 330ml bottle. Pour a pale gold with a hint of green. Small white head. Mainly grass & hops on the nose. Medium body with the hint of caramel malt sweetness they talk about but this is all about the bitter hops overlay. It's not the big thick tropical hazy IPA hoppiness more the traditional bitter type. I could taste the bitterness for 20 mins after half a glass. Horses for courses but miles from my ideal Pils.. Monday, February 1, 2021
mountdad	4.9 Liberty Prohibition Porter 330ml bottle. Pours deep black with a very modest tan head. Aroma is frankly amazing: like the best rich fruit cake you have ever had plus bourbon. It is medium to full bodied & tastes great; multilayered with fruit cake, chocolate, bourbon, plus some spice & vanilla. the sweetness & bitterness are well balanced, this is not one of those "pastry" beers were the main attraction is ABV & sugar. Simply one of the best imperial stouts or porters I have drunk. Stunning Tuesday, January 26, 2021
thebionn	3.8 Liberty Uprising West Auckland Pale Ale 330 mL bottle, widely available in six-packs. Another solid beer from Liberty. Clear amber pour, thin head. Hoppy nose but well balanced flavour. Crisp and refreshing. More please! Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Samma	3.9 Liberty Yakima Monster On tap. Deep amber. Resin and tropical fruit nose. Almost caramel malt body, and wonderful fruitiness. A real classic. Wednesday, November 25, 2020
keerati77661	3.6 Liberty Jungle Juice Not much hop , pineapple smell , not very strong taste Tuesday, November 17, 2020
AllGrainTicks32	4 Liberty Hoptical Illusion XXPA Sunday, November 15, 2020
MOFO	3.7 Liberty Citra Double IPA 10/11/20. Can. 410ml. Poured into glass. I love Citra Hop, and think it helps a lot of beers in combination with Mosiac/Simcoe etc - so nice to just try a Double IPA, but single Hop with this. On the nose - citrus and pine as expected. Some dankness to it. Big lemon hit and minimal carbonation. Rounds out with some biscuity malt. I really enjoyed the single hop experience with Citra. I dont think anyone would necessarily reach for a second in the same evening, but enjoyable and would drink again. Definitely going to take this as inspiration for my next homebrew session and throw Citra into the mix. Tuesday, November 10, 2020
MOFO	3.7 Liberty Hoptical Illusion XXPA Bought from Grape and Grain. 440ml can into tulip glass. Yikes - hops, lots of em. Without the backing of malt it is pretty in your face. Always wanted this in terms of massive hop bill with lager/Pilsner malting. All in all, nice - better later through it when it warmed up and got more white bread/basic Pilsner malt taste coming through to support it. I liked it - would drink again, just not in succession - 8.0% knocks it into one off category! Monday, November 2, 2020
thebionn	4 Liberty Oh Bro Pale Ale 330 mL bottle six-pack from Countdown. I've had it before but must have forgotten to rate it here. Amber gold, good lacing. Hoppy aroma but this is a very well balanced beer, between malty and hoppy. Relatively low ABV of 5.1% means it's also pretty sessionable. Another solid effort from Liberty. Sunday, October 4, 2020
thebionn	3.2 Liberty Yakima Monster Disclaimer: I've a bit of a headcold and my tastebuds might be a bit biased from a big hazy IIPA before This is a bit... disappointing? High rating, but nowhere near as good as knife party which is bloody awesome. 330 mL can from Liquorland Upper Hutt. Pours amber gold, very small head but it pretty much all stays. Nose isn't that hoppy, more malty. Average. Next time, go for Knife Party. Friday, September 25, 2020